The reducing environmental impacts strategic priority is in recognition that there is an environmental aspect to all transport, and therefore almost all the work of DfT. Transport is the largest emitting sector of greenhouse gases in the UK, contributing 27% of domestic emissions in 2019. Our transport system must change to deliver the government’s Net Zero ambition and DfT will drive forwards that change through our longer-term green transport agenda. On decarbonisation specifically, we published our Transport decarbonisation plan (TDP) in July 2021, which sets out the steps we will take to deliver the necessary carbon reductions across every form of transport. Sustainability will be at the heart of levelling-up. People everywhere will feel the benefits – villages, towns, cities, and countryside will be cleaner, greener, healthier and more prosperous and pleasant environments in which to live and work
Get in touch with bridgetoresearch@dft.gov.uk
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2018 highlighted the need for urgent, transformative change, on an unprecedented scale, if global warming is to be restricted to 1.5C. The challenge...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leeds
The DecarboN8 project aims to develop solutions for rapid decarbonisation of transport, which directly addresses the question of behavior change required by the public and industry to adapt to the impacts of climate change on transport infrastructure.
Much current discussion about transport and climate change focuses on the impact of transport on climate change. Indeed, many mitigation measures are focussed upon the transport change, and many mitigation measures are f...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
The FUTURENET project focuses on assessing the future resilience of the UK transport system to the effects of climate change, but does not directly address the question of behavior change required by the public and industry.
Our Vision is for climate resilient, net zero development of the transport system to be guided by systems analysis. When this vision is realised, decision-makers will have access to (and visualisation of) data that tells...
Funded by: SPF
Lead research organisation: Newcastle University
The project is relevant as it aims to create a resilient, net-zero transport system and provides tools for decision-makers to adapt to climate change, but it does not specifically address the behavior change required by the public and industry.